Thursday, 21 November 2013

You may be interested in this webinar which will disseminate the findings of the Jisc Assessment and Feedback programme.

The changing face of assessment and feedback: how technology can make a difference

5 December 2013 1-2pm (GMT)

Online (Blackboard Collaborate)

Over the past two years, the Jisc Assessment and Feedback programme has worked with over 30 institutions in the UK further and higher education sector to pilot new approaches that address a range of challenges to better meet the needs of learners, employers and staff. This webinar will share some of the experiences, approaches and lessons learned from these projects around key themes including:

·Influencing change in assessment and feedback practices through a principle-led approach

·Assessment and employability: the role of technology in supporting the development of skills and competences to enhance employment prospects

·Feedback and feed forward: the role of technology in supporting learner engagement with feedback and improving progression

·Electronic assessment management and how technology can support assessment lifecycle processes to make more effective use of resources

A range of resources will also be shared that can help inform you and your organisation about good practice in enhancing assessment and feedback through technology.

The session will involve a mixture of presentation and discussion, giving participants opportunities to ask questions and share their own experiences in these areas.

The Higher Eduction Academy

News

Dear Colleagues,

It is only two weeks until the call for papers for our conference closes and we are delighted with the response so far! The HEA STEM conference entitled "Enhancing the STEM Student Journey" will take place at the University of Edinburgh on 30 April – 1 May 2014.

Presentations are accepted in the following formats;

Full paper – a maximum of 6 pages including references & eligible for publication afterwards,

Oral presentations - only an abstract is required and should not be more than 200-250 words,

Workshops - only an abstract is required and should not be more than 200-250 words,

Posters- only an abstract is required and should not be more than 200-250 words, we have three prizes available for Undergraduates, Postgraduates and Staff.

Topics could include but are not limited to:

Learning, Teaching and Assessment in STEM disciplines

Enhancing the employability skills of STEM graduates

Innovative STEM education

Transitions within the student experience

Students as partners

Laboratory and technical skills

Mathematical and Statistical skills in the disciplines

Internationalising STEM education

Important dates/deadlines:

22 Nov 2013 deadline for the submission of full papers, abstracts for oral presentations and workshops

10 Jan 2014 notification of acceptance of full papers, abstracts for oral presentations and workshops

24 Jan 2014 deadline for submissions for poster competitions

21 Feb 2014 deadline for the submission of camera-ready copies of full papers (undergraduates, postgraduates, support staff/technicians and lecturers)

14 Feb 2014 notification of acceptance of poster abstracts

14 Mar 2014 at least one presenting author to be registered.

Presentation Format: Pecha Kucha

This year, we're taking a new approach to presentations, using a Pecha Kucha (literally translated: chitchat) presentation format to allow more time for interaction and discussions.

In recognition of the valuable role technicians have in supporting the student learning experience the Higher Education Academy (HEA) is sponsoring annual awards for technicians who have provided outstanding support for the student learning experience. The awards ceremony will take place at the conference and we are excited to announce that Professor Iain Stewart of BBC Earth fame will presenting the awards for the STEM Technicians of the Year and will be giving a talk after dinner about his subject area.

About the Higher Education Academy

The HEA is a national body for enhancing learning and teaching in higher education in the UK. We work with institutions across the HE system to help bring about change in learning and teaching to improve the outcomes for students. We do this by recognising and rewarding excellent teaching, bringing together people and resources to research and share best practice and by helping influence, shape and implement policy.

The HEA supports staff in higher education throughout their career from those who are new to teaching through to senior management. We offer services in 28 disciplines and throughout the UK, and have offices in England, Wales and Scotland. Through the partnership management team we work directly with institutions to understand individual circumstances and priorities and bring together resources to meet them.

Owned by Universities UK and Guild HE, the HEA is funded by the four national funding councils, institutional subscriptions and project income.

The research considered the pedagogical questions that arise about purposes and outcomes of HE, in an era of increasing 'flexibility' facilitated by technological changes, globalisation of the sector, rising participation and changing employer expectations. It will be presented by Professor Daniella Tilbury and Dr Alex Ryan from the University of Gloucestershire. Professor Tilbury is Chair in Education for Sustainability and University Director of Sustainability at Gloucestershire, while Dr Ryan is Associate Director of Sustainability (Academic).

It will be held on 12 November in York and starts at 12:45. The event can be attended either in person or via Blackboard Collaborate. There will be a buffet lunch for anyone attending in person, which will be available from 12:00. Further details about the event are available here.

Dr Alex Ryan

Associate Director of Sustainability (Academic)

Professor Daniella Tilbury

Director of Sustainability

DH204 Dunholme Villa, Park Campus

University of Gloucestershire GL50 2RH

Telephone: 01242 715416 or 01242 577976 (UK)

The future of quality Higher Education includes the Sustainability imperative:

Latest Publication:

Ryan, A & Tilbury, D (2013) "Uncharted waters: voyages for Education for Sustainable Development in the higher education curriculum"

As
the interdisciplinary Leicester Media School at De Montfort University
establishes, media programme provision and related academics from arts,
humanities and technology are coming together. This seminar will explore
current learning and teaching practices, examine and share best practice, and
develop interdisciplinary models for curriculum development across media in HE.

Philosophical
Enquiry is a powerful pedagogy grounded in Philosophy for Children (P4C),
successfully established in schools. Delegates will be introduced to its
theory, practice, and relevance to Higher Education. Examples of its use at
Heythrop College and other HEIs will demonstrate its application in learning,
teaching and the development of transferable skills and employability across
academic disciplines.

The
workshop explores the value and potential of cross discipline collaborative
activities and the dynamism of the Happening
and the “knowledge promenade” in learning and teaching. Diverse case studies
from a range of disciplines will provide inspiration and focus for interactive
group activities that will develop further creative cross discipline ideas and
collaborative opportunities that can make future “Knowledge Promenades” and
Happenings . . . happen.

Events listed by discipline.

You
will find information on all discipline specific workshops, seminars, and other
HEA hosted or funded events, and selected non-HEA events via the following
links:

Tuesday, 5 November 2013

From: Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development Association [mailto:SEDA@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Christine SmithSent: 05 November 2013 10:21To: SEDA@JISCMAIL.AC.UKSubject: Open Webinar on Games Based Learning in HE

Please join our open webinar on Thursday 7th November (this week) from 12.30-1.30pm on Games based learning in HE. The webinar will be led by Dr Nicola Whitton from Manchester Metropolitan University. To register please go to www.snap.vu/b3rf

> The 3rd annual Higher Education Academy Arts and
Humanities annual learning and teaching conference will take place in
Manchester, 2 - 4 June 2014, and we are inviting contributions which explore
the everyday business of learning and teaching through metaphors and narratives
in order to make strange the 'taken-for-grantedness' of our academic practice.

>

> Monsters dwell in the hinterlands of the known
world, symbolic expressions of cultural unease. Inhabitants of an imagined
realm adjunct to the everyday, monsters offer powerful tropes and tools for
learning and teaching in the arts and humanities. This conference asks how
monsters can unnerve and innervate those working in arts and humanities higher
education today. We consider how monstrous pedagogies can disrupt the realities
and habits of higher education in the arts and humanities, and articulate
different ways of being for learners and teachers in the disciplines.

>

> We are looking for papers, debates, workshops,
PechaKucha presentations, and posters which transfigure our practice and
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning into fantastic tales of the unexpected,
and which draw upon the richness and diversity of our disciplinary practices.
We are also calling for creative and unconventional pre-conference workshops.